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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1889

Page

6

Money Market and Rail Stocks Show Bullish Tone in Boston

The Money Market remains easy with ample loanable funds and modest demand. Clearing House rate at 2% with general time loans 4 to 6 percent, call loans about 4 percent. New York funds varied from 10 cents discount to par. bond offerings totaled 3,114,000. Atchison stock led gains as bulls predicted a rise above 45.

Boston Ihe New York City of Gloucester Messrs. Adams, Blodget & Co R. L. Day & Co Messrs. Blake Bros. & Co C. H. Venner & Co Brewster, Cobb & Estab Savannah Secretary of the Treasury Foreign Exchange Bank of England Atchison Chicago Bears Manvel Magoun Strong Boston News Allen Manvel Manitoba Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Burlington & Vincy Illinois Central Rock Island Northwestern St. Paul St. Louis Cable & Western Flint & Pere Marquette Wisconsin Central Union Pacific Oregon Short Line Kansas City Fort Scott & Memphis Boston & Lowell Boston & Maine Maine Central Northern New England West End Lamoine Winter Harbor Glenmore Land Company Bell Telephone Calumet & Hecla Oscola Quincy Santa Fe The Sugar Trust

Ten Per Cent Dividends Of Kansas City Now Organizing

Stock pledges 10 percent dividends and 20 percent value appreciation within a year. Full particulars available from Boston Stock Exchange listing dated Aug 26, with sales by Wilson W. Fay & Co. and other financial items including mining stocks and assorted equities.

Wilson W. Fay & Co State Street Winter Harbor Land Aim Burton East Buston Land

London Market Summary Affects Canadian Pacific and Bank Rates

London reports mixed bond and stock activity with Canadian Pacific, Erie, and Reading showing fractional gains and losses. The Bank of England raised its discount rate, while Paris quotes show a 3 percent rentes level and a weekly Bank of France statement records 4.225 million francs in gold and 14 thousand francs in silver decline.

London Canadian Pacific Erie St. Paul Pennsylvania Bank of England Consors Atlantic & Great Western Paris Bank of France

Delaware and Hudson declares 134 percent quarterly dividend

The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company declares a quarterly dividend of 134 percent payable September 16 to stockholders of record August 28.

Delaware & Hudson Canal Company

New York Money Market and Stock Report

Money on call eased to 22 4, last loan at 214, closing at 242. Prime mercantile paper 542. Sterling firm at 4.83 4 to 4.87. Government bonds dull. railroad bonds steady. Northern Pacifics led gains late. Atchison and Missouri Pacific strong, MP to 74, St. Paul flat. Close dull but firm with most gains modest. Rock Island active, totals $994,000 in railroad bonds. St. Paul Lacrosse 7s rose to 112, Evansville consols to 115, Ohio Indiana Western firsts to 80%.

New Yorks Prime Mercantile Paper Sterling Exchange Northern Pacifics St. Paul Atchison Missouri Pacific Stock Exchange Atchison and Treasury Rock Islands Evansville & Indianapolis Ohio, Indiana & Western

Rates on pig iron arranged for in conformity with Chicago basis

The Mahoning and Shenango valleys freight committee met in Cleveland and set pig iron rates to Chicago at 220 per ton. From valleys to Cleveland rates are 50 cents pig iron and 4 cents manufactured iron. to Pittsburg 80 cents pig iron and 5 cents manufactured. To Boston rates to be fixed Sept 8 at 20 cents and 2314 cents for manufactured iron, and 4 per ton pig iron. Cleveland will adjust manufactured iron rates to Boston to 2144 and 25 cents carload. The committee plans to reestablish the old tariff from this point tomorrow.

CleveLanp Mahoning and Shenango Cleveland Chicago Pittsburg Boston Cleveland Freightommittee

Pennsylvania Harvest Excursion Rates Roil Rail Lines

Pennsylvania rails move to cut passenger tariffs by about 50 percent for three days on all lines including Pan Handle, prompting expected clashes with central trani and trunk roads and fears of widespread disturbances as East to Chicago travel shifts intensify. Separate items note Fitchburg and Boston & Albany tariff battles and Western rates disputes, plus iron and pig iron rate adjustments, Wabash tariff threats, Missouri Pacific wage rise, Toledo region equipment sale, and Northern Pacific stockholders meet with possible Villard succession.

Carcano Pennsylvania Company Trani Trunk Roads Pennsylvania Chicago New England Fitchburg Boston & Albany Vanderbilt

State of affairs in Johnstown amid drought and typhoid

Heavy drought and low waters stir disease concerns in Johnstown Pennsylvania with 25 typhoid patients at Red Cross Hospital and worsening foul banks along streams. Cambria Iron Company resumes operations and Gautier Mills restarted rolls, signaling partial recovery ahead.

Johnstown Penn Red Cross Cambria Iron Company Gautier Mills

Two Unknown Swindlers Foil Rocky Hill Millionaire

In Hartrorp Connecticut two unidentified men duped Moses Williams of Rocky Hill in a card game costing him 5000 dollars. Lacking funds he mortgaged over 10 000 dollars as pledge while he waited for cash. The men vanished after Wednesday afternoon and authorities took the case today.

Hartrorp Conn Moses Williams Rocky Hill Williams

University of Florida chancellor donates museum to Heidelberg College

The Rev. Dr. Yost, chancellor of the University of Florida, presented Heidelberg College at Tiffin a museum of curiosities valued at $60,000. The gift was announced in Cleveland Ohio on August 29. The collection aims to enrich the college’s historical and educational resources.

Cleveland Yost University of Florida Heidelberg College Tiffin

J. E. Carter & Co Bakers and Commission Brokers

J E Carter and Company operate as bakers and commission brokers with private wires to New York and Chicago signaling active financial trading connections and rapid communication channels. The notice highlights their brokerage role and the reach of their telegraphic links to major markets.

New York Chicago

Commodity Market Snapshots Across Goods and Foods

Commercial notes show mixed activity in items from wool and flour to corn and oats with many staples near steady or dull. Butter and eggs remain firm while lard and beef products show modest demand. fruits like lemons and oranges hold steady as California fruit supply remains fair.

California

Print cloth market opens at 35 4c in Fall River

Fall River reports the print cloth market opening at 35 4 cents with sales for the week described as moderate across the cloth trade.

Fall River

Curb Wheat Markets Amid London Strike Rumors

The Chicago option market reports light volume and small fluctuations in wheat as foreign news shows little firmness. Cincinnati Price Current's crop estimate and a London strike influence bears' sentiment. Corn eases with good receipts. pork purchases surge amid tighter supplies and external buying.

Chicago Gilman, Cheney & Co Boston London Cincinnati Europe Deal

Wool market outlook mixed as prices hold steady in spots

The week sees limited news on Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces amid rumors of slumps. Demand remains variable with mixed quotes across grades. Michigan and Ohio X fleeces trade around 30 to 35 cents, while combing and delaine wools fetch 38 to 40 cents for No 1 washed. Territory and foreign wools show firmer European interest, with Montana and California levels noted and Antwerp market firmer amid abroad optimism. Overall, sales volumes run high in Territory and Ohio regions, with prices showing cautious firmness for select lots.

Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan Montana Utah Wyoming Texas Oregon California Montevideo Antwerp

Wheat and grain closing prices across markets and years

Farnum Reardon Co Boston reports closing wheat corn oats and pork prices with figures for New York St Louis and Minneapolis. Includes August September October December year values and different grain and livestock item quotes across exchanges and stores.

Farnum, Reardon & Co Boston BUTYA cSa AMES Erie New York St Louis Minneapolis Northern

Wool Trade Receipts and Market Outlook for Week

Wool receipts totaled 6436 bales domestic and 1791 bales foreign, with total sales 2 365 600 pounds. Domestic demand rose slightly while foreign imports held steady. Prices show stability but dealers expect a 2 cent drop per pound before long as mills require wool to run. Dealers warn buyers to pay current prices to avoid higher costs later.

Flour and grain prices and market activity report

A detailed market note covers carload grain prices excluding rye, flour receipts and stock levels, and activity in New York Chicago St Louis. It lists flour quotations by grade, various wheat categories with prices, and oats and corn quotes, noting dull to steady trends and mixed regional receipts and shipments.

Receipts of Produce and Market Notes Report

Today's receipts list butter 10515 pkgs and oleo 354 pkgs with cheese 2127 boxes, eggs 1087 cases, beans 252 bbls, potatoes 10 cats, sweet potatoes 149 bbls, hay 16 cats, straw 4 cats. Last year figures show butter 5987 pkgs, oleo 1686 pkgs, cheese 1692 boxes, eggs 840 cases, beans 29 bbls, potatoes 7 cars, sweet potatoes 21 bbls, hay 32 cars, straw 7 cars. Butter market steady with fair demand for creameries. various grades remain plentiful. Cheese steady. eggs firm with moderate supply. Beans easier with dull demand. potatoes easy on large supplies. hay and straw mixed. Prices quoted for creamery, cheese, eggs, beans, and other staples reflect wholesale receivers’ rates and jobbing adjustments.

Choice Western Ile New York Vermont Chicago Northern Choice Liverpool Nova Scotia New Brunswick New Hampshire Prince Edward Islands Michigan Canadas York State California Lima Canada New Hampshire _ rose Hebrons Aroostook Hebrons Aroostook Rose Houlton Rose Houlton Hebrons Vermont Rose

Truck Market Direction and Egypt Text Fragment

A fragmented report notes dull demand and ample supply across commodities. The snippet references Egypt and suggests a broad trading context without concrete prices or entities beyond the geographic tag.

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